I have an ESS adapter that I am trying to use on dolphin for the purpose of speedrun practicing before I can purchase a new Wii to soft mod. I am using a hyperkin 4 port adapter connected to my pc. When my GC controller is connected and controller is set to wii u gc adapter wiivc recognizes the controller and I am allowed to play. When the GC controller is connected to the ESS adapter then connected to the hyperkin dolphin wiivc does not recognize my GC controller. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I don’t have much experience with emulators, but someone in the discord might be able to help https://discord.gg/7FYGh3d